The advice you have received from others is good. Put simply, to reduce the chance cannibalism, either keep them together over Winter, or else make sure the female is ovulating before introducing them
This is where I see people missing what the bonding process is.. I don't know why but folks seem to miss the part where we write that simply putting two unkown adults together for a winter is bonding.. which it is not.. and that can get people into trouble and then thay will complain the bonding doesn't work (which it does) but has to be done right.. Not some older unkown adults put together for a winter.. NOooo! That is not bonding!



actually that is a risk if the animals are older. Just one winter together does not = bonding. Putting unkown adults together for a few cold weeks does not mean they bonded like young snakes which were housed and raised together. Espcially siblings..which is what I have mostly used .


The snakes that share their food and don't go into shark mode when grabbing onto another during feeding time and then letting go are Florida kings I raised at an early age. I would not put that same weight or trust into a pair or group that is not bonded properly.

FR Quote:

how do snakes know who US is? they bond with each others pheromones(scent) upon hatching/birth. Much like, oh everything else(birds and mammals, etc) Its not complicated or odd, all similar animals do it.




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